Evidence Base - Water Cycle, Flood Risk and Surface Water Management
IMPORTANT CHANGE; From March 2012, changes to national planning policy replaced the term 'Local Development Framework' (LDF) with the term 'Local Plan'. Any historic references to the LDF in our documentation should be now considered as if they read 'Local Plan'
Water Cycle
South Essex Water Cycle Study Scoping Report 2009 (PDF) [2MB]
Flood Risk
Draft Local Plan - Sequential Test:
Flood Risk Sequential Test for Draft Local Plan - Dec 2015 (PDF) [3MB] (opens new window)
Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 1:
South Essex Level 1 SFRA - April 2018 - Excluding Appendices (PDF) [1MB] (opens new window)
South Essex Level 1 SFRA - 2018 - Appendices pages 93-124 (PDF) [13MB] (opens new window)
South Essex Level 1 SFRA - 2018 - Appendices pages 125-143 (PDF) [664KB] (opens new window)
South Essex Level 1 SFRA - 2018 - Appendices pages 144-200 (PDF) [28MB] (opens new window)
South Essex Level 1 SFRA - 2018 - Appendices pages 201-257 (PDF) [21MB] (opens new window)
Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 1:
Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 2:
Basildon Council - SFRA - Appendix A Figures A01-A02 Flood Zones (PDF) [2MB] (opens new window)
Basildon Council - SFRA - Appendix A Figures A03-A04 FMfSW 200 yr (PDF) [3MB] (opens new window)
Basildon Council - SFRA - Appendix A Figures A05-A06 FMfSW 030yr (PDF) [3MB] (opens new window)
Basildon Council - SFRA - Appendix F Part 2 EA Flood Plan Guidance (PDF) [1MB] (opens new window)
Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Scoping Report
South Essex Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Review Scoping Report 2009 (PDF) [741KB]
Drainage and Surface Water Management
South Essex Surface Water Management Plan - April 2012 (PDF) [5MB] (opens new window)